You either go Mega or AV, sadly old Chompy is a glass hammer so you really have to pick and choose when and where to use him and isn't a fire and forget like Dragonite, Salamence, Charizard X/Y, and so on.
Chomp has always needed some way to increase it's speed if it wants to sweep and it really can't do that except maybe with scarf and not having to run it allows it to run lum berry or other item that would increase it's sweeping potential. Open up the item slot for a boosting move is always preferable and while swords dance is cool dragon dance is simply much better. Especially for Mega Chomp who really needs to fix it's speed to be other than just a niche wallbreaker.
Not only is it not on Serebii, but more importantly, it's not even on the Japanese Pokemon site (pokemon.co.jp) the picture "comes from". It ain't lookin too good :/
yeah why is gf so mean to the 600 bst dragon that's always been ou or higher? ;_;
Can I see the source of the rumour of Garchomp getting Dragon Dance?So, assuming dat picture is true and we will eventually get DD on Chomp, should we wait until be confirmed by serebii, or start to look for possible movesets right now? I meant, something like:
Garchomp-Mega (M) @ Garchompite
Ability: Sand Force
EVs: 8 Atk / 252 SpA / 248 Spe
Naive Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Dragon Dance
(P.S.: I came up with this set in just 30 seconds, so don't take it too serious ok?)
Now with DD, Garchomp could actually outspeed Jolly Scarf Landorus-T after a single boost and then proceed to rip everything on your way, end of story. The only reason why Mega Chomp sucks was because that unfortunate drop of speed, so therefore I personally think that Mixed DD Mega Chomp not only will be hitting hard as fuk (because he will), while I'm also trying to imagine how OU would react to a mixed sweeper that can't be paralyzed... That is the point i'm wondering right now, and it would be nice if someone give your opinion about this.
Sure, he will not be without his problems: The Mega Slot for an DD sweeper (and for an overall Mega) is already incredible disputed, without a boost he is okayish at beast and Prankster Sableye (not necessarily mega) can burn him, leaving EQ useless, but I'm really hyped for DD Garchomp; Not only because his mega will become a terror, but it also greatly improves regular Chomp, making the Scarf a little outclassed and only good to revenge killing purposes, and even then there's Smogon Bird to do his job either way (jk lol)
what you guys think?
Just look a few latter posts:
>https://twitter.com/matome_pokemon/status/546872807846473729?s=01
SUP, (BAN ME PLEASE)S?
Garchomp will soon get the coveted Dragon Dance via Event. You know what this means?
http://i.imgur.com/BSztb3j.png
+1 252+ Atk Sand Force Mega Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Mega Sableye in Sand: 289-342 (95 - 112.5%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO [Jolly Outside of Sand does (67.1 - 78.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO]
+1 252+ Atk Sand Force Mega Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro in Sand: 201-237 (51 - 60.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after sandstorm damage and Leftovers recovery [Same situation in brackets above does (51.2 - 60.4%) -- 91.4% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery]
+1 252+ Atk Mega Garchomp Outrage vs. 252 HP / 212+ Def Rotom-W: 280-330 (92.1 - 108.5%) -- 50% chance to OHKO [Jolly Etc. does (83.8 - 99%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery, Dragon Claw over Outrage does (55.5 - 66.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery]
+1 252+ Atk Sand Force Mega Garchomp Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Altaria in Sand: 393-463 (135 - 159.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO [(94.8 - 111.6%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO]
Garchomp @ Garchompite
Ability: Rough Skin
Jolly/Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw/Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast/Stone Edge
Say hello to the new meta, boys.
EDIT: After a few hours, Serebii still hasn't confirmed! Stay on your toes.
Sorry, I'm a bit rusty with Japanese... And I'm not inclined to give any credit to someone who starts his post with the sentence "sup fa**ots". The animation suggests me the Chomp in the picture is using Outrage.
lol I'm not here to judge how someone started to write a post, but srsly Harumonia let's be somewhat civilized here plz. About the Outrage thing... Yeah, it's questionable: You see the new animation Outrage got in ORAS doesn't quite match the picture in question. If you see Bulbapedia's wiki, we can compare the two moves, first off Outrage:
I'm not entirely sure I agree with this statement. There is a reason that many of the best mons on the viability ranking are offensive, it is really THE playstyle right now. Some people play stall because, I don't knkw, it's the hipster thing to do? Lol, jk, anyways, many of these top mons are wall breakers first, but still strong sweepers second, like Gardevoir, Megagross, Gallade, you get the idea. During late X&Y, during the era of the Big Blue S, 4/5 of S ranked mons were sweepers/ cleaners (not much difference, really). So, while you certainly have a point, it's not completely accurate.
